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April 9, 2001 Contact: Debbie Rosenfeld-Caparaz

MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD Cal Hosts Fourth-Annual Brutus Hamilton Memorial Invitational THIS WEEK: Fri.-Sat. April 13-14 Brutus Hamilton Invitational Edwards Stadium, Berkeley 2 p.m./8:30 a.m.

2001 Cal Track & Field Schedule BEARS HOST BRUTUS HAMILTON INVITE Date Competition Time/Result California hosts the fourth-annual Brutus Hamilton Memorial Invitational Fri.-Sat., Mar. 17 UCLA-UW-WSU M: 3rd, W: 3rd April 13-14, at Edwards Stadium. The invite honors the legendary Cal coach, who Mar. 24 at UC Davis Invite M: 1st, W: 1st led the Bears from 1933-65 and coached the 1952 U.S. Olympic team. The eight M. 31-A. 1 at Stanford Invite NTS team field consists of Cal, Arizona, Stanford, USC, Ohio State, Sacramento State, Apr. 5-7 at Texas Relays NTS UC Davis and Nevada (women). Friday is devoted exclusively to the hammer with Apr. 13-14 Brutus Hamilton2 p.m./8:30 a.m. Apr. 20 at Pomona-Pitzer Invite TBA competition beginning at 2 p.m. The women’s javelin gets things rolling at 8:30 Apr. 20-22 at Mount SAC Relays TBA a.m. Saturday. If necessary a handful of “B” races begin at 11 a.m. Otherwise, the Apr. 21 at Woody Wilson Invite TBA women’s 5000m is the first track event at noon. The day concludes with the Apr. 28-29 at Cal-Nevada Meet 9:00 a.m. 4x400m relays at 4 p.m. May 5 at Big Meet 11:00 a.m. May 11 at Stanford Qualifier 5:00 p.m. 2000 BRUTUS HAMILTON INVITATIONAL IN REVIEW May 12 at Modesto Relays 11:00 a.m. May 12-13 Pac-10 Multis + 11:00 a.m. The Cal men and women were each victorious at last year’s Brutus Hamilton May 19-20 Pac-10 Meet + 10 a.m./1 p.m. Invitational, which featured a ceremony celebrating the renovation of Edwards M. 30-J. 2 at NCAA Champ. TBA Stadium. The Bear men scored 196.5 points, while UC Davis was second at 98. June 14-17at USATF Champ. TBA The Bear women held off Nevada 144-113.5.

All home meets in bold are at Edwards Stadium/Goldman Field (22,000). SEVERAL NCAA MARKS POSTED AT TEXAS RELAYS Cal turned in many impressive performances in its first appearance at the Texas * taped delayed FOX Sports Net broadcast Relays since 1997 last weekend. Senior Dana Lawson automatically qualified for HEAD COACH ERV HUNT the NCAA Championship in the shot put with a third-place throw of 53-4.5. Lawson Erv Hunt begins his 30th season at also turned in an NCAA provisional mark of 188-7 in the hammer. Add that to her California and 29th as head coach. Since provisional mark in the discus set at the Stanford Invitational, and Lawson could 1992, Hunt has overseen Cal’s men’s and find herself competing in three events at NCAAs. Pole vaulters Maria Lopez (12- women’s track & field programs as director 11.5) and Bubba McLean (17-4.5) also provisionally qualified for NCAAs. of track & field. In addition to building Cal’s McLean’s mark bettered his previous PR set indoors (17-2.75). men’s program into national prominence with three Top 10 finishes at the NCAA JOHNSON SETS CAL FRESHMAN RECORD IN THE SHOT PUT Championship, Hunt served as the U.S. Freshman Jenna Johnson, a product of Arroyo Grande, Calif., set a Cal freshman men’s head track & field coach at the 1996 Olympics. Hunt is Cal’s third Olympic track record in the shot put at the Texas Relays. She finished sixth in section B of the coach, the most ever for one university. shot put with a PR of 47-2.5, breaking Cindy Durchslag’s record of 46-10 set in 1983. CAL’S 2001 NCAA QUALIFIERS Automatic OTHER NEWS OF NOTE FROM TEXAS RELAYS Jennifer Joyce Hammer 202-3 Senior John Collin posted the Golden Bears only first-place finish at the Texas Dana Lawson Shot Put 53-4.5 Relays, winning the 1500m in 3:55.09. Sophomore Vincent Ibia was aided by a Provisional strong wind, as he recorded a PR of 50-0.5 in the triple jump. Redshirt freshman Bolota Asmerom 1500m 3:42.73 Cynthia Mallory cleared a PR of 5-8 in the high jump. Reynda King T-Jump 42-1.5w Dana Lawson Hammer 188-7 CAL WOMEN TIED FOR NO. 16 IN TRACKWIRE TOP 25 Discus 168-2 The Trackwire 25 is generated from a formchart that projects the finish of every Maria Lopez Pole Vault 12-11.5 NCAA event and is released each week during the track and field season. As of Bubba McLean Pole Vault 17-4.5 Marielle Schlueter 3000mSC 10:59.38 the last ranking on April 3, the Cal women were tied with Kansas State at No. 16. The Bears began the year tied for No. 15 in the preseason poll and moved up to a tie for No. 13, March 27. 2001 California Women's Track & Field Best Performances- April 8, 2001

Event (NCAA Auto/NCAA Prov/Pac-10 Auto/School Record) 4x100m Relay (44.20/45.10/NS/45.61) Athlete (Cal PR) Season Best Date Meet Groce, Jennings 46.79 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Sauchelli, Holman 100m (11.30/11.55/12.04/11.64) &Zhauntel Holman (11.74) 11.80w 4/6 Texas Relays 4x400m Relay (3:33.50/3:39.00/NS/3:35.56 DeCola Groce (12.19) 12.49 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Cowling, Jennings 3:44.48 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Erin Sauchelli 12.74 3/31 Stanford Slaton, Belger

200m (23.10/23.60/24.64/23.50) High Jump (6-0.75/5-10.5/5-7/6-0.75) DeCola Groce (25.57) 26.03 4/1 Stanford &Cynthia Mallory 5-8 (1.73) 4/6 Texas Relays Erin Sauchelli 26.20 3/17 Cal Quadrangular &Tiffany Barnett (5-8.75) 5-7.75 (1.72) 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Shawna Adkins 26.44 3/29 UC Davis Multi Lauren Dudugjian (5-9.25) 5-5.75 (1.67) 3/17 Cal Quadrangular

400m (52.40/53.70/55.44/52.53) Pole Vault (13-5.25/12-5.5/12-1.5/13-1.5) &Shavone Jennings 55.39 3/17 Cal Quadrangular &Maria Lopez (13-1.5) 12-11.5 (3.95) 4/6 Texas Relays Shalonda Reynolds (58.89) 59.95 4/1 Stanford &Leora Ward 12-1.5 (3.70) 3/24 UC Davis Chloe Jarvis 62.82 4/1 Stanford Long Jump (21-4/20-4.25/19-0.5/22-1) 800m (2:05.00/2:07.50/2:11.14/2:01.59) &Reynda King 20-2.5 (6.16) 3/24 UC Davis Erin Belger (2:07.66) 2:13.45 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Shawna Adkins (18-6.5) 18-4.25 (5.60) 3/30 UC Davis Multi Kim Ramirez 2:18.79 4/1 Stanford Kaili Chapman 16-11.75 (5.16) 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Shawna Adkins 2:21.14 3/30 UC Davis Multi Chloe Jarvis 2:33.24 3/24 UC Davis Triple Jump (43-11.75/42-0/39-4.5/46-0.75) +&Reynda King 42-1.5w (12.84) 3/24 UC Davis 1500m (4:19.00/4:24.00/4:40.14/4:09.23) &Shawna Adkins 40-8.25 (12.40) 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Erin Belger (4:29.02) 4:42.66 4/7 Texas Relays Marielle Schlueter 4:43.99 4/1 Stanford Shot Put (52-6/48-10.75/43-5.75/54-4.75) Kim Ramirez 4:58.30 3/24 UC Davis +&Dana Lawson 53-7.5i (16.34) 3/9 NCAA Indoors Mina Nikanjam 5:13.16 3/17 Cal Quadrangular 53-4.5 (16.27) 4/7 Texas Relays Tiffany Hansen (5:07.43) 5:16.86 3/17 Cal Quadrangular &Jenna Johnson 47-2.5 (14.39) 4/6 Texas Relays Sheni Russell (46-3.50) 42-5.25 (12.93) 3/17 Cal Quadrangular 3000mSC (10:20.00/11:10.00/NS/10:59.38) !+Marielle Schlueter 10:59.38 3/24 UC Davis Discus (178-10/165-8/150-11/178-10) +&Dana Lawson 168-2 (51.26) 4/1 Stanford 5000m (16:13.00/16:48.00/17:30.14/15:46.8) Jennifer Joyce (161-11) 156-3 (47.64) 4/7 Texas Relays Camille Stanley 19:15.15 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Sheni Russell (155-6) 146-6 (44.66) 4/7 Texas Relays Tiffany Hansen 19:23.48 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Jenna Johnson 125-5 (38.22) 4/1 Stanford

10,000m (34:10.00/35:15.00/NS/32:40.76) Hammer (200-1/183-9/170-7/206-03) No marks !#&Jennifer Joyce (206-3) 202-3 (61.66) 3/17 Cal Quadrangular +&Dana Lawson 188-7 (57.48) 4/5 Texas Relays 100m Hurdles (13.10/13.60/14.34/13.73) Jennifer Ramos 145-10 (44.46) 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Stephanie Cowling 14.52 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Sheni Russell 126-8 (38.62) 3/24 UC Davis Lisa O’Reilly (14.62) 14.64 3/31 Stanford April Holliverse (13.82) 14.66w 3/31 Stanford Javelin (172-3/152-7/142-8/170-7) Shawna Adkins 15.51 3/29 UC Davis Multi Shawna Adkins 120-5 (36.70) 3/30 UC Davis Multi Jennifer Ramos 101-7 (30.96) 3/17 Cal Quadrangular 400m Hurdles (57.50/59.20/62.04/57.61) &Deanna Slaton 61.95 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Heptathlon (5550/5175/4400/5624) Lisa O’Reilly (61.74) 63.45 4/1 Stanford &Shawna Adkins 5000 points 3/30 UC Dav is Multi Lisa O’Connor 63.72 3/31 Stanford Stephanie Cowling 63.81 3/24 UC Davis # NCAA automatic qualifier Brooke Baires-Irvin (64.58) 66.06 3/31 Stanford + NCAA provisional qualifier & Pac-10 qualifier ! School record 2001 California Men's Track & Field Best Performances- April 8, 2001

Event (NCAA Auto/NCAA Prov./Pac-10 Auto/School Record) 4x400m Relay (3:04.00/3:07.00/NS/3:03.91) Athlete (Cal PR) Season Best Date Meet Wright, Hogg 3:14.07 3/24 UC Davis Blanco, Boddy 100m (10.18/10.34/10.74/10.18) &Phillip Pipersburg (10.47) 10.73 3/31 Stanford High Jump (7-4.50/7-1.75/6-8.75/7-5.75) Robert Kennedy (10.61) 10.85w 4/6 Texas Relays &Jason Gatewood 6-9 (2.06) 4/7 Texas Relays Brian White 10.93 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Patrick Abandy 6-7.75 (2.03) 4/1 Stanford Nick Mazur 10.97 3/31 Stanford Kris Cuaresma-Primm 6-6.75 (2.00) 3/17 Cal Quadrangular

200m (20.50/20.85/21.44/20.20) Pole Vault (18-2.50/17-4.5/16-4.75/18-8.25) Wayne Boddy (21.52) 21.78 3/17 Cal Quadrangular +&Bubba McLean 17-4.5 (5.30) 4/6 Texas Relays Brian White 22.16 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Matt Blair 15-5 (4.70) 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Jelani Hogg 22.80 3/24 UC Davis Long Jump (26-1/25-1.25/23-11.5/26-6.25) 400m (45.40/46.20/47.84/45.46) &Robert Kennedy (25-9.25w) 24-11.25 (7.60) Jelani Hogg 48.23 4/1 Stanford 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Wayne Boddy (47.74) 48.61 3/17 Cal Quadrangular &Jerriod Mack 24-9.75 (7.56) 3/31 Stanford Mark Blanco 49.04 4/1 Stanford Vincent Ibia (24-5) 23-10.25 (7.27) 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Michael Watson 50.24 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Matt Blair N/A (6.84) 3/29 UC Davis Multi

800m (1:47.50/1:49.00/1:51.44/1:45.54) Triple Jump (53-5.75/51-6.25/47-7/55-0) John Collin (1:52.51) 1:52.69 4/1 Stanford &Vincent Ibia (49-11) 50-0.5w (15.25) 4/6 Texas Relays Zack McGahey (1:52.88) 1:53.77 4/1 Stanford &Jerriod Mack (51-5.5) 49-10 (15.19) 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Jarrell Meier 1:55.20 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Shot Put (63-0/58-4.75/55-9.25/66-3) 1500m (3:41.50/3:45.00/3:50.14/3:40.04) &Rhuben Williams 58-0.5 (17.69) 3/24 UC Davis +&Bolota Asmerom (3:41.97) 3:42.73 4/1 Stanford Nate DeSomber 53-3.5 (16.24) 4/6 Texas Relays &John Collin 3:47.91 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Amin Nikfar 52-4 (15.95) 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Zack McGahey (3:54.78) 3:58.46 3/24 UC Davis Tony Miranda 46-4.25 (14.13) 3/24 UC Davis Girmay Guangul 4:01.65 3/24 UC Davis Jarrell Meier (3:54.28) 4:02.24 4/1 Stanford Discus (196-10/183-9/168-11/210-11) Garrett Collier (170-9) 167-7 (51.08) 4/1 Stanford 3000m Steeplechase (8:43.00/8:54.00/9:09.14/8:36.84) Tony Miranda 167-3 (50.98) 3/24 UC Davis Chris Coffee 9:09.65 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Rhuben Willliams 163-8 (49.88) 4/1 Stanford Martin Conrad 9:30.66 3/24 UC Davis Joe Berro 159-4 (48.56) 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Tyler Noesen 9:38.64 3/31 Stanford Nate DeSomber 153-8 (46.84) 3/24 UC Davis Craig Lee 9:42.35 3/24 UC Davis Zech Whittington 147-7 (44.98) 3/24 UC Davis

5000m (13:46.00/14:07.00/14:35.14/13:32.48) Hammer (223-1/200-1/190-3/229-0) &Corey Creasey 14:25.02 3/17 Cal Quadrangular &Garrett Collier (203-6) 198-4 (60.46) 3/17 Cal Quadrangular &Martin Conrad 14:33.31 3/31 Stanford Rhuben Williams 173-7 (52.90) 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Girmay Guangul 14:58.76 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Zech Whittington 154-11 (47.22) 3/31 Stanford Chris Coffee 15:01.15 3/31 Stanford Corey Hardin 151-4 (46.12) 3/17 Cal Quadrangular

10,000m (29:00.00/29:45.00/NS/29:24.44) Javelin (236-3/220-9/196-10/222-0) Corey Creasey 30:13.69 3/31 Stanford Matt Blair 174-6 (53.18) 3/24 UC Davis Corey Hardin 174-2 (53.08) 3/17 Cal Quadrangular 110m Hurdles (13.72/13.90/14.74/13.39) Ahmad Wright 15.08 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Decathlon (7500/7150/6800/8007) Matt Blair (15.11) 15.36w 3/30 UC Davis Multi Matt Blair 7208 points 3/30 UC Davis Multi James Smith 15.83 3/17 Cal Quadrangular

400m Hurdles (50.10/51.20/53.64/48.46) # NCAA automatic qualifier &Ahmad Wright (51.54) 53.10 3/17 Cal Quadrangular + NCAA provisional qualifier Aaron Ellis (55.55) 55.75 3/17 Cal Quadrangular & Pac-10 automatic qualifier ! School record 4x100m Relay (39.20/40.00/NS/39.14) Mazur, Pipersburg 40.83 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Wright, Boddy